Deal tray



Oct; 18, 1932.

E. c. HANSON ET AL ,8

DEAL TRAY Filed May 16. 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l Patented ()ct. is, we

" W res srarss earner. orrics EDWARD C. HANSON ANID'SYLVAN POPP, OF IJZINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNORS TO 0. B. MCCLINTOCK COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA DEAL, TRAY Application filed m 16, 1931. Serial m5. 537,770.

Our invention relates to deal trays intended for general use in closing a passage through a wall, partition or other closure so that there is not a direct opening therethrough and through which pas-sage articles may be passed from one side of the closure to the other by manipulating the deal tray.

The invention is especially designed for use as a fixture in connection with abullet-- vention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like'characters' indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is afragmentary elevation of the customers side of a counter and a bulletresisting partition in which the invention forms a part thereof;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in plan andpartly in horizontal section taken substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1, with some parts shown in different positions by means of broken lines;

Fig. 3 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section taken on the irlobby 9. Forming a part'of the structure 7 is a wicket 1O hinged at 11 for openingmovenients over the counter 6 on the cage side thereof and provided with a lock 12.. In the partition structure 7, on each side of thewicket 10, is a insert 13 and below each insert is a normally closed gun port 14. The wicket 10 has a glass insert 15 and on each side thereof is a voice panel 16.

The body of the counter 6, if of wood, will be lined or otherwise protected by a bulletresisting material or substance and the partition structure 7 and wicket 10, as'well as the glass inserts 13 and 15, are bullet resisb ing.

. By reference to'Fig. 2 it will be notedthat the partition structure 7 is so positioned above the counter 6 that a portion of said counter extends both on the lobby and cage side of said partition-so that both the CHS'. tomer and teller may use the same. The top of the counter 6 directly under the wicketlO, and on which money or other valuables are placed in passing the same from the lobby side of the partitionstructure to the cage side thereof, isan insert lTof glass or-ot'her suitable material.

- This application has been assigned to" the I O. B. McClintock Company a Minnesota corporation and the parts thus far described in detail are the subject matter of a copending application filed by the inventors Oliver B.

McClintock and Ferdinand A. Gabbert under date of May 18, 1931 and Serial Number 535,- 080 which has also been assigned to the above corporation.

Referring .now in detail to the deal trayassembly which is the subject matter of the present application, the same is mounted in the frame of the wicket 10 below the glass insert 15 and bodily movable with said wicket during its opening and closing movements.

The deal tray assembly, which is bulletresisting, includes inner and outer concentric upright cylindrical casings 18 and 19, respectively, having closed tops and open bottoms that are closedby the counter 10 and its insert 17. Said outer casing 18 is rigidly secured to the frame of the wicket 10 below the a glass insert 15 and the inner casing 19 is held suspended within the fixed casing 18 for rotation about its vertical axis and with a working fit therebetween. To thus suspend the rotatable or inner casing 19 the same is pro- Vided with a fixed spindle 20 turnably mounted in a bearing sleeve 21 and thus held suspended-by the hub 22 of an operating handle 23. This spindle 20 extends upward through a bore in the top of the inner casing 19 at the axis thereof and, formed with its lower end is a large disk-like head 2% on which the top of said casing rests and is rigidly secured thereto by screws. The bearing sleeve 21, which is axially aligned with the casings 18 and 19, has near its lower end an annular flange 25 which rests on the top of the outer casing 18 and is rigidly secured thereto by screws. Said bearing sleeve 21 below its flange 25 loosely extends through a bore in the top of the outer casing 18 and ten minates above the top of the inner casing 19 with a working fit therebetween and affords a positive stop to prevent lifting movement of the inner casing 19 in the outer casing 18.

Formed with the upper end of the bearing sleeve 21 is an outstanding annular flange 26 which extends into a seat 27 in the under side of the hub 22 and has a snug fit therewith. The upper end of the spindle 20 extends above the bearing sleeve 21 and into a seat 28 in the hub 22 with a tight fit and is rigidly secured by a screw 29' to said hub.

7 Obviously, the upper face of the bearing sleeve 21 and its flange 26 form a bearing surface on which the hub 22 turnably rests. The open lower ends of the casings 18 and 19 are closely spaced above the counter 6 and its insert 17 with ust suflicient clearance to permit the wicket 10 to swing to and from open positions.

By reference to Figs 2 and 3 it will be noted that the casings 18 and 19 are off-center on the cage side of the partition structure 7 with sufficient clearance to permit the handle 23 to be oscillated in an arc of 180.

segmental passages 30 and 31, the latter of l which is on the lobby side of the partition structure 7 and the former of which is on the cage side thereof. A passage 32 is formed in the side and top of the rotatable casing 19 and of substantially the same shape and size as the passages 30 and 31 and arranged to be alternately brought into registration therewith by rotating the inner casing 19 by means of the handle 23. It is important to note that the passages 31 and 32 extend completely through the sides of the casings 18 and 19 so that an article placed on the counter insert 17 may be moved into or out of the rotatable casing 19 by sliding the same on said insert. In the top of the rotatable casing 19, diametrically opposite its passage 32, is abulletresisting glass insert 33. When the passage 32 is in registration with either one of the passages 30 or 31 the glass insert 33 is in registration with the other thereof.

A latch 3a is provided for holding the rotatable casing 19 with its passage 32 in registration with one of the passages 30 or 31. This latch 3e includes a disk-like detent 35 and a pair of cooperating diametrically opposite lock notches 36 in the periphery of the head 24. Said detent 35 is rigidly secured at its axis to the lower end of an upright stem 37 which extends through the hub 22 with freedom for endwise sliding movement and has on its upper end above said head a finger piece 38. On the underside of the finger piece 38 is a depending annular flange 39 which is mounted in a seat therefore in the hub 22. In the under side of the hub 22 is a segmental seat 40 for the detent 35. A coiled spring 4-1 encircling the stem 37 is compressed between the hub 22 and the finger piece 38 and yieldingly and normally holds the detent 35 in its seat so and one of the lock notches 36.

To operate the rotatable casing 19 and re- 0 verse the position of its passage 32 the finger piece 38 is depressed to release the handle 23 and the initial movement of said handle will carry the respective lock notch 36 out of registration with said detent. Upon releasing the finger piece38 the detent 35 will engage the underside of the flange 26 and be held thereby in an inoperative position until the other lock notch is brought into registration therewith.

When one of the lock notches 36 is brought and moved through the aligned passages 31 and 32 and into the rotatable casing 19. The person in the cage can view the article placed in the deal tray through the glass insert 33. The latch 34L is then manipulated to release the handle 23 and said handle turned to rotate the casing 19 and bring its passage 32 into registration with the passage 30 and positions the glass insert 33 on the lobby side of the partition structure 7. At no time during the rotation of the inner casing 19 is there a direct opening through the casings 18 and 19. During the rotation of the lnner casing 19 to close thepassage 31 and open the passage 30 an article placed on the counter ins rt 17 has remained stationary and in the closed and the article in the deal tray may be 1 I removed by a person in the cage throughthe aligned passages 30 and 32 and at which time the person in the lobby can see through the glass insert 33 that the article is being removed. i

The glass insert 15 gives a clear view through which persons-on opposite sides of the partition structure 7 may see each other and the voice panels 16 permit conversation in ordinary tones. Each time the rotatable casing 19 is moved to bring its passage 32 into registration with one of the passages 30 or 31, said casing 19 is automatically locked by the latch 3 1 and can only be released'by the.

person in the cage.

From a broad point of view the counter insert 17 forms a fixed bottom for the rotatable casing 19 and an article placed thereon is not disturbed or moved by the rotation of the inner casing 19.

WVhat we claim is:

1. A deal tray adapted to be mounted in a closure and through which an article may be passed from oneside of the closure to the other and comprising inner and outer casings, one of which is fixed and the other of which is rotatable, the fixed casing having a passage on each side of the closure and the rotatable casing having a passage arranged to be alternately brought into registration with the passages in the fixed casing by a movement of the rotatable casing, said rotatable casing also having an open bottom.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 which further includes a latch for positively holding the rotatable casing in a predetermined position in which its passage is in registration with one of the passages in the fixed casing.

3. The structure defined in claim 1 which further includes a latch for positively holding the rotatable casing in predetermined positions in which its passage is in registration,

with either one of the passages in the fixed casing.

i. The structure defined in claim 1 which further includes a transparent insert in the rotatable casing at the opposite side thereof from its passage and in which the fixed casing is provided with an opening on each side of the wicket with which the glass insert is successively brought into registration during the rotation of the rotatable casing.

5. The structure defined in claim 1 in which a direct passage through the deal tray is always closed by the rotatable casing and in which the closure and the deal tray are bulletresisting.

6. The combination with a closure, of a deal tray mounted in the closure and through which an article may be passed from one side of the closure to the other and comprising inner and outer open bottom casings, one of which is fixed and the other of which is rotatable, the fixed casing having two passages,

casing having a passage arranged to be alternatelybrought into registration with the passages in the fixed casing by a-movement of the rotary casing, and a fixed counter below the open bottoms of the two casings and closely associated therewith.

r 7 The combination with a closure, of a deal tray mounted'in the closure and through which an article may be passed from one side of'the closure to the other and comprising inner and outer casings, the former of which is'rOtatable .and'the latter of which is fixed, the fixed casing having two passages, one on each side of the closure, the rotatable casing having an open bottom, and a fixed counter below theopen bottom of the rotatable casing and closely associated therewith.

8. The combination with a closure, of a deal tray mounted in the closure and through which an article may be passed from one side of the closure to the other and comprising concentric inner and outer casings, the former of which is rotatable about a verticle axis and the other of which is fixed, the fixed casing'having two passages, one on each side of the closure, the rotatable casing having a passage arranged to be alternately brought into registration with the passages in the fixed casing by a movement of the rotatable casing, an operating handle secured to the rotatable casing at the axis thereof, and a latch on the operating handle operable to hold the rotatable casing with its passage in registration with the passage in the fixed casing on the same side of the closure as the operating handle.

9. The combination with a closure, of a deal tray mounted in the closure and through which an article may be passed from one side of the closure to the other and comprising concentric inner and outer casings, the former of which is rotatable about a vertical axis and the other of which is fixed, the fixed casing having two passages, one on each side of the closure, the rotatable casing having a passage arranged to be alternately brought into registration with the passages in the fixed casing by a movement ofthe rotatable casing, an operating handle secured to the rotatable casing at the axis thereof, and a latch on the operating handle operable to hold the rotatable casing with its passage in registration with either of the passages in the fixed casing.

10. The combination with a wicket mounted thereto to position said tray for access thereto L from either side of the wicket.

11. The structure defined in claim 10 in which a direct opening through the passage isconstantly closed by the deal tray.

12. The structure defined in claim 10 in 7 which the Wicket and deal tray are bulletresisting, V V

13. The structure defined in claim 10 Which further provides a transparent insert in the Wicket, and in which the Wicket, deal" tray and insert are bullet-resisting.

1%. A structure of the class described having a bnlle'tdesisting Wicket mounted for opening and closing movements, said Wicket having a circuieous voice passage which cuts 05 direct vision through the Wicket, and a bulletsesising deal tray mounted in the wlcket for msvemene therewith, said deal tray having a movable member that always erases a direct passage through the tray.

In testimony whereof We afix our signatures.

EDVJAHD C. HANSON. SYLVAN POPP. 

